The Frog Prince
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The Frog Prince is a classic European fairy tale, popularized by the Brothers Grimm, about an enchanted frog who transforms into a prince after winning the love or compassion of a princess.
All labels observed (9)
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3249212 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Frog Prince Context triple: [The Princess and the Frog, basedOn, The Frog Prince]
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A.
Rumpelteazer
Rumpelteazer is a mischievous and thieving cat character from T. S. Eliot's "Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats," later popularized in the musical "Cats."
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B.
Cinderella (fairy tale)
Cinderella (fairy tale) is a classic European folk story about a mistreated young woman whose life is transformed through magical intervention and a royal romance, popularized by countless literary and film adaptations.
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C.
The Sleeping Beauty
The Sleeping Beauty is a landmark classical ballet, originally choreographed by Marius Petipa to Tchaikovsky’s score, renowned for its grand style, technical precision, and prominence in the Mariinsky Theatre tradition.
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D.
Once Upon a Mattress
Once Upon a Mattress is a 1959 Broadway musical comedy, a spoof of "The Princess and the Pea," that helped launch Carol Burnett to stardom.
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E.
Ella Enchanted
Ella Enchanted is a 2004 fantasy romantic comedy film that reimagines the Cinderella story with a magically obedient heroine navigating a whimsical, fairy-tale world.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Frog Prince Target entity description: The Frog Prince is a classic European fairy tale, popularized by the Brothers Grimm, about an enchanted frog who transforms into a prince after winning the love or compassion of a princess.
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A.
Rumpelteazer
Rumpelteazer is a mischievous and thieving cat character from T. S. Eliot's "Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats," later popularized in the musical "Cats."
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B.
Cinderella (fairy tale)
Cinderella (fairy tale) is a classic European folk story about a mistreated young woman whose life is transformed through magical intervention and a royal romance, popularized by countless literary and film adaptations.
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C.
The Sleeping Beauty
The Sleeping Beauty is a landmark classical ballet, originally choreographed by Marius Petipa to Tchaikovsky’s score, renowned for its grand style, technical precision, and prominence in the Mariinsky Theatre tradition.
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D.
Once Upon a Mattress
Once Upon a Mattress is a 1959 Broadway musical comedy, a spoof of "The Princess and the Pea," that helped launch Carol Burnett to stardom.
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E.
Ella Enchanted
Ella Enchanted is a 2004 fantasy romantic comedy film that reimagines the Cinderella story with a magically obedient heroine navigating a whimsical, fairy-tale world.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
European fairy tale
ⓘ
fairy tale ⓘ literary work ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
The Frog Prince
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surface form:
Der Froschkönig
The Frog Prince ⓘ
surface form:
Der Froschkönig oder der eiserne Heinrich
The Frog Prince ⓘ
surface form:
The Frog King
The Frog Prince ⓘ
surface form:
The Frog King, or Iron Heinrich
|
| ATUType | ATU 440 ⓘ |
| author | Brothers Grimm ⓘ |
| centralTheme |
compassion
ⓘ
keeping promises ⓘ love ⓘ loyalty ⓘ transformation ⓘ |
| classificationSystem | Aarne–Thompson–Uther Index ⓘ |
| collectionNumber | KHM 1 ⓘ |
| collector |
Jacob Grimm
ⓘ
Wilhelm Grimm ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Germany ⓘ |
| firstPublicationYear | 1812 ⓘ |
| firstPublishedIn |
Brothers Grimm fairy tales
ⓘ
surface form:
Grimms' Fairy Tales
|
| genre |
fairy tale
ⓘ
fantasy ⓘ |
| hasAdaptation |
The Frog Prince (1971 film)
ⓘ
The Frog Prince (1986 film) ⓘ The Frog Prince self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
The Frog Prince (various stage adaptations)
|
| hasCharacter | Iron Heinrich ⓘ |
| hasMagicElement |
enchantment spell
ⓘ
magical transformation ⓘ |
| hasMainCharacter |
enchanted frog
ⓘ
princess ⓘ |
| includedIn |
Children's and Household Tales
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surface form:
Kinder- und Hausmärchen
|
| influencedWork | The Princess and the Frog ⓘ |
| intendedAudience | children ⓘ |
| literaryTradition | German folklore ⓘ |
| moral |
Promises should be kept even when inconvenient.
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True worth lies beneath outward appearance. ⓘ |
| motif |
animal bridegroom
ⓘ
broken spell ⓘ enchanted prince ⓘ promise to a supernatural helper ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | third-person narration ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | German ⓘ |
| plotSummary | A princess befriends or reluctantly keeps a promise to a frog who later transforms into a prince when the spell on him is broken. ⓘ |
| setting |
forest
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royal palace ⓘ |
| transformationType | frog to human prince ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: The Frog Prince Description of subject: The Frog Prince is a classic European fairy tale, popularized by the Brothers Grimm, about an enchanted frog who transforms into a prince after winning the love or compassion of a princess.
Referenced by (14)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
The Frog King
this entity surface form:
The Frog Prince (1971 television special)
this entity surface form:
Der Froschkönig
this entity surface form:
Der Froschkönig oder der eiserne Heinrich
this entity surface form:
The Frog King
this entity surface form:
The Frog King, or Iron Heinrich
this entity surface form:
The Frog Prince (various stage adaptations)
this entity surface form:
The Frog Prince fairy tale